Latest Release

- MAY 24, 2023
- Muddy Waters Blues Band Live Paris 1968 (Restauración 2023) [feat. Otis Spann]
- 9 Songs
- Hard Again · 1977
- The Best of Muddy Waters · 1954
- King Bee · 1981
- Hard Again · 1977
- His Best 1947 To 1956 - The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection (Reissue) · 1948
- Hoochie Coochie Man: The Complete Chess Masters, Vol. 2 (1952-1958) · 1958
- I'm Ready · 1978
- Folk Singer · 1964
- Hoochie Coochie Man: The Complete Chess Masters, Vol. 2 (1952-1958) · 1950
- His Best 1947 To 1956 - The Chess 50th Anniversary Collection (Reissue) · 1950
Essential Albums
- 1965
- 1964
- 1981
- 1978
- 1977
- 1974
Artist Playlists
- Searing stompers and mournful moans from the Chicago blues king.
- He‘s the key in the ignition of many rock and blues acts.
- His latter-day material packs a potent, bluesy punch.
Singles & EPs
- 2018
Appears On
About Muddy Waters
The father of the modern Chicago blues, Muddy Waters (born McKinley Morganfield) electrified the traditional sounds of the Delta as he cleared a path for rock ’n’ roll. ∙ At age 17, he sold a horse to buy his first guitar and rapidly earned a reputation as the best player in his region of the Mississippi Delta. ∙ Ethnomusicologist Alan Lomax recorded Waters for the first time in 1941 and 1942—sessions later released as The Complete Plantation Recordings, which went on to win a Grammy Award. ∙ “Louisiana Blues,” released in 1950, was the first of his 13 Top 10 Blues singles, which include such classics as “(I’m Your) Hoochie Coochie Man” and “Mannish Boy.” ∙ His Newport Jazz Festival concert, released as At Newport 1960, exposed Chicago blues to a new audience and is ranked among Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. ∙ In 1964, The Rolling Stones, who had taken their name from a Waters track, went on a pilgrimage to Chess Records, his label, to meet their hero and record a few sides at Chess’ studio. ∙ Between 1972 and 1980, he won a record-setting six Grammy Awards for Best Ethnic or Traditional Recording. ∙ In the ’80s, Waters was inducted into both the Blues Foundation Hall of Fame and (posthumously) the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. ∙ Rolling Stone ranked him No. 17 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.
- HOMETOWN
- Rolling Fork, MS, United States
- BORN
- April 4, 1913